The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-07-22
The Blaine Outlook.

Mr.. Blaine confidently expects to be
the candidate of the Republican party
for the Presidency in 1855. He has
very good reasons for his confidence.
His great strength al the polls Was
proved in 1884, and in the weakened and
dIsorganized condition Of his party the
power 20 get votes, 40 matter how, why,
or whence, is pretty sure TO be the domi
nant consideration with the nominating
convention. Mr.. B!a.ne's friends are
adIoit and active. They know how to
make stepping stones for him out of the
ambitions of other men. and his unquss
toned and wide popularity makes easy
the Wo:k they and he are now carrying
on. 50 far as the nomination Is con-
ceTned the Blaine outlook Is golden.
The naturally fatuOus and The habit
ually hopeful among Mr.. Blaine's
friends feel also a cOmplacent assurance
of his election. They count upon the
Labor vote, offsetting the Mugwump
detection and the loss 10 the Prohibition
lists, to give them the victory they so
ardently desire and can in no way at
tain through Republican votes. But
already, if We may judge from certain
faint but significant indications, the
more persplcaciOus and thoughtful
Blaine Schemers ''see with ALARM as
the platforms have II. that the placing
OF Labor candidate In the field would
be their destruction. And it is only
their habit OF regarding Mr.. Blaine as a
man of destiny, sure to win when :he
possibilities of unfavoring accidents
have been exhausted, that has thus far
blinded them 10 the certain effect upon
their candidate of large Labor vote.
Mr.. Blaine came SO near to the vic
m in ha -lx n hNGlg
pointed supporters have been able to
attribute his defeat 30 a variety of
trivial causes. 1t was Dr.. BuTchard's IS
ALTERATION. 1t was the rain in North
ern and Western New Y Ork. Ii was the
Stalwart detection in Oneida. 1t was
anything, everything, save the Mug
wumps. But oar Blame friends are
less inclined TO dwell upon the influ-
ences which brought to Mr.. Blaine the
thousands CT votes that SO nearly
counteTbalanced the large admitted de-
fections and left him when the polls
we're closed only 1000 votes short of vic
tory. All the wsrld knows, however,
that these votes were Irish Catholic
votes, and they were cast for Mr..
Blaine because they were Irish aud be-
cause they were Catholic. Now, what
becomes of Mr.. Blaine as Presidential
votes are taken from his column and
transferred TO a Labor candidate, as
they most assuredly will be if such Il
candidate is placed in the field next
year Granted that 20 per cent. of The
LABOR party is of Democratic antece-
dents, as Mr.. Blaine's friends assert
with ever Increasing satisfaction But
this percentage. useful and safe enough
for use in representations concerning
the State elections this fall, becomes
terribly misleadicg when applied 10 cal
culations based on Lha vote OF 1854,
since in that year many thousands of
the voters who up To that time had been
Democrats aud EOw are of the Labor
party, United or Union, cast their bal
lots for Mr.. Blaine. Deprive him of
these thousands of votes and of The
80 per cent. of the Labor vote that is
admittedly Republican and the net re-
suit must be OF character to plunge
into the deepest gloom the soul of any
rational Blaine man who contemplates
il even from tvs distance. For the
Democratic party Can with the utmost
cOmplacency make its contribution to
the Labor vote so long AS IL is reasOna-
bly, certain that the Blaine contribution,
and that from minority party, Is in
the proportion of about two 20 one.
And how will Mr.. Blaine's adroit
managers avert this visible disaster
Perhaps by an alliance with the Labor
party. But that would be extremely
awkward, not to say dangerous, SINCE
the United Labor party, which is the
most prominent now in the field, holds
views in respect 10 land ownership that
the bone and sineW of the Republican
party look on with adherence. and It's
idol and chief preacher is Henry George.
al ayOwed free trader, and iueXpTessi-
bly, obnoxious 20 the Iron and Steel As
sOciatIOn and TO protected manufacture
eTs generally. Plainly, such an alliance
is not 10 be thought Of, though il would
be- like Mr.. Blaine to make IL secretly
and encounter the bad luck OF a ruinous
exposure Just before election Then
there is the McGlynD complication.
VIII the Blaine managers take the part
OF the communicated priest against
the Roman Catholic authorities who
were so friendly u them in 1884 2 Or
will they court the EieTarchs and so for
felt the votes and the sympathy ot the
followers of George. McMackin and
McGlynn Altogether the Blaine sit
ustion is singular and tlcklish and
Painful.-Ne'r York Times. Ind. Rep.